Sec. 773.0505. RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING  


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  • (a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license or certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

    (b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the board may not include a rule that:

    (1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

    (2) restricts the use of a license or certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

    (3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or certificate holder; or

    (4) restricts the license or certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.